9/11 - Seven years on

[Daz]

Was working at Maccys that day, someone was on their break, put the telly on and it was all over everything - was after the first tower got hit. The telly got dragged out into the kitchen, and we watched the second plane hit live. Wasn't a great angle but it was pretty mortifying to watch.

[PvtPyle]

I agree Will - not denying that what happened is terrible, but no one is observing a minute's silence for the genocide in Rwanda for example, and the scale of the atrocity and the inhumanity of it was far more wide-reaching.. We are definitely more affected by 9/11 (as a nation) because it happened in the developed world, and it was a precursor to July 4th in London.

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by Burble

I was sitting at my desk in the office in Paris pondering what would be happing if my planned business trip to New York hadn't been cancelled at the last minute. Had ti gone to plan I would have flown into NYC the day before it happened.

I remember reading something somewhere about Seth MacFarlane and that he would have been on one of the hijacked flights but missed it.

[Garp]

I was working at a 6th form college, was just heading back through the resource centre when one of the teachers passed on the news. Their other half had been in a queue at the bank and saw it on the telly there not long after the first plane hit. They'd assumed it was a movie until it went on too long and shock started to register on their faces.

Swiftly made my way to our office where we had the sky TV feed for recording educational programs, and switched it on to CNN news. Office was soon packed with people as we watched the towers collapse.

I don't tend to be all drama llama about it to be honest, though the scale of it is stunning, but essentially it's brought the US into the same world the rest of us have been living in for decades where terrorists are a bigger threat than other countries.

[chumpychops]

Whats the big ****ing deal?

In Rwanda in 1994, more people died in a single day, *every day for 100 days*, than died in total on 9/11. In total up to a million people were murdered......yet no-one remembers that.

I wonder why.

[Pheebs]

I was still at school and had been revising in some of the language rooms when a teacher quick stepped in and flicked on the tv.

For some reason it was a German news channel so we sneaked a German teacher out of their lesson and got them to translate it all for us.

Half the time she was in shock and couldn't repeat what was being said

Such a bizarre day. We were all glued to this little tiny fuzzy screen and just silent.

I also remember this stupid bint I went to school with throwing a wobbler because it was her birthday and now it would always be remembered for the 9/11 disaster and no one would care for her birthday. She cried and cried and cried and cried all because it "ruined" her birthday.

Stupid girl.

RIP to all those who lost their lives.

[Will]

Originally Posted by PvtPyle

I agree Will - not denying that what happened is terrible, but no one is observing a minute's silence for the genocide in Rwanda for example, and the scale of the atrocity and the inhumanity of it was far more wide-reaching.. We are definitely more affected by 9/11 (as a nation) because it happened in the developed world, and it was a precursor to July 4th in London.

I'm still deeply affected by the memorial tributes of WWI & WWII - to me that has more impact for some reason?

I think the WTC (I hate calling it 9/11) incident was awful, but I think it was also an eye opener to a lot of people that the west isn't all that powerful or great. I do not support the actions at all, and I feel truly saddened for the people that have lost their loved ones, I'd be devastated. However similar to you I find all the other genocides around the world that are conveniently forgotten far far worse. The US brought on to itself if I'm honest, though I hate and abhor extremists and fanatical behavious.

I'm very conflicted on how I feel about this.

[vix]

I'm indifferent to it really, I just remember the day as I thought someone was telling us a joke when they told us about it :/

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by chumpychops

Whats the big ****ing deal?

In Rwanda in 1994, more people died in a single day, *every day for 100 days*, than died in total on 9/11. In total up to a million people were murdered......yet no-one remembers that.

I wonder why.

I wrapped and packed about 2000 parcels for the Rwanda crisis in 1994. We did stall sales and arranged huge events to raise money and awareness. My Mum, being the complete legend that she is, managed to organise for the army to come round to our house and pick up all the parcels we had been donated (so many people donated so much sanitry stuff it was amazing - our house and garage was ceiling to floor with boxes). We even got Richard Branson to lend us a couple of planes out there to offload all of the aid.

I, certainly haven't forgotton the crisis and I should hope many others haven't. 9/11 though was a shock to the world as America hadn't experienced such a large scale attack due to terrorism. Hence why it's probably more in the fore front of peoples minds.

I don't think your wording has been particularly wise here. It is a big deal when anyone loses their life, no matter the scale.

[Dee]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

I don't think your wording has been particularly wise here. It is a big deal when anyone loses their life, no matter the scale.

Indeed Pheebs.

I remember Rwanda myself, however today is the 7th anniversary of 9/11, hence the reason for this thread.